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- Path: sparky!uunet!destroyer!gatech!hubcap!hubcap
- From: hubcap@hubcap.clemson.edu (System Janitor)
- Subject: More info on RISC float problem
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.192621.27946@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Organization: Clemson University
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 19:26:21 GMT
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- If you look at the daughter board and find it stamped thusly:
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- 54-20627-02 Rev B01 (or any rev higher than 01)
-
- You are OK.
-
- If, for example, the board is stamped 54-20627-01, then you're back
- to not knowing whether or not you're screwed. In other words, all
- 54-20627-02's are good and some 54-20627-01's are bad.
-
- Source: DEC support.
-
- When they were telling me this, they knew I was specifically worried
- about a 5000/240, so if you have a 5000/somethingelse then... ?
-
- -Mike
-
- Oh yea, when I told the support guy I was going to blab about this he
- asked me to add if you aren't comfortable sticking your hand where a
- little static discharge might end up costing you big bucks, then you
- should get someone else to check for you :-).
-